2069690 Corporal John Rowledge Royal Engineers - Wounded Greece 31 October 1944

2069690 Corporal John Rowledge, RE, 1238th Field Company Royal Engineers

Very seriously injured 31 October 1944 (Broken rt femur. Blast wounds to hands and face and rt thigh. Temp blinded) when a German shoe mine exploded in his hands whilst clearing near Khalkis. Received emergency treatment at Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) 150th Light Field Ambulance, Khalkis. Given morphene. Transferred to 97th British General Hospital in a truck from A Company 6 Parachute Regiment. Both hands and one leg amputated. Evacuated UK sometime later.

Discharged from Royal Engineers Nov 45 after a year of operations and recuperation in Roehampton Hosp. Married a nurse who tended to him. Afterwards employed as a telephonist at Bristol Port Authority.




Died in 1969 aged 56.

Sources:

War Diary of 1238 Fd Coy RE Oct 44 (WO 170-1848)
War Diary of 150 LFA Oct 44 (WO 177/869)
"Man of the Week" - Daily Express - 20/11/1954 (courtesy of FMP)
Obituary - Bristol Evening Post - 11 June 1969 (courtesy of FMP)

 

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Hi

A small number of "Special Forces" selected from 4 PARA, SBS, RSR, LRGD, RAF Regiment and 9 Commando, commanded by Earl Jellicoe (SBS) on behalf of Land Forces Adriatic (LFA) harried the Germans and prepared the ground immediately prior to the re-liberation of Greece in October 1944. They were called BUCKETFORCE.

Force 133 of SOE were in Greece during most of the war, giving support to the Greek militias.

As far as I can recall, no members of the SAS were directly involved in the liberation of Greece.

I believe some members of the LRDG did join the SAS later.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Gus